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Curriculum Vitae

21 January 2014

Personal

KALB (Guyonne Raymonde Jeannette)

Nationality: Netherlands

(permanent resident of Australia)

Phone: 03 – 8344 2095 (OH)

e-mail: [email protected]

Education

Monash University, Clayton (Australia), 1994-1997

(Ph.D. programme in the Department of Econometrics)

Erasmus University, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 1983-1989

(Master’s degree in the Department of Econometrics)

Certification

Master’s degree in Econometrics June 1989

Thesis: Matching, een methode om databestanden uit te breiden?

(In English: Parametric and Non-Parametric Methods for Matching Databases.)

Ph.D. degree in Econometrics awarded: April 1998

Thesis: An Australian model for labour supply and welfare participation in two-adult

households.

Supervisor: Professor Alan Powell

Associate supervisor: Professor Tim Fry

Examiners: Professor Denzil Fiebig

Professor Paul Miller

Career history

Professorial Research Fellow (level E) University of Melbourne 2013-..

Principal Research Fellow (level D) University of Melbourne 2005-2012

Senior Research Fellow (level C) University of Melbourne 2002-2005

Research Fellow (level B) University of Melbourne 2001-2002

(Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research)

Research Fellow (level B) Monash University 1999-2000

(Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics)

Senior research officer University of New South Wales 1997-1999

mailto:[email protected]

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(Social Policy Research Centre)

Research assistant Monash University 1995-1997

(Department of Econometrics)

Assistant Lecturer Monash University 1994-1995

(Department of Econometrics)

Researcher Joint Administration Office 1989-1994

(Joint Administration Office is a literal translation from the Dutch name ‘Gemeenschappelijk

Administratie Kantoor (GAK), which is a non-profit organization in charge of the settlement of social

security benefits in the Netherlands)

(Department of Statistics and Research)

Research assistant Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1987-1989

(Department of Economic Sociology and Psychology)

Research assistant Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1986-1987

(Econometric Institute - Department of Mathematical Economics)

PhD student supervision:

I am currently supervising five PhD Students: Brendan Houng, Daniel Kuehnle, Michelle

McIsaac, Durga Shresta (currently on leave) and Judith Willis.

Prize:

On 26 September 2006, the Economic Society of Australia awarded the 2005 best paper prize for

an article in the Economic Record to Denise Doiron and Guyonne Kalb for their paper

“Demands for Childcare and Household Labour Supply in Australia”, in the Economic Record ,

81(254), 215-236.

Grants and Scholarships:

One of the chief investigators on a NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence grant of $2.5

million for 5 years joint with Tony Scott, Catherine Joyce and John Humphreys to establish

the "Centre of Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamics. Medicine in Australia:

Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)” (January 2012 – December 2016).

Principal investigator (CIA) on ARC Discovery project of $130,000 for 2 years joint with

John Creedy, Lixin Cai and Justin van de Ven on “Effects on Labour Supply, Savings and

Welfare of the July 2007 Policy Changes to Superannuation and the Age Pension” (January

2009 – December 2010).

One of the chief investigators on NHMRC project of $2.1 million for 5 years joint with Tony

Scott, Catherine Joyce and John Humphreys on “Understanding the Dynamics of the Medical

Workforce to Improve Population Health and Equity of Access: the Australian Longitudinal

Survey of Doctors” (January 2007 – December 2011).

Principal investigator (CIA) on ARC Discovery project of $345,000 for 3 years joint with

John Creedy on “The effects of the tax and social security system on labour supply and social

welfare” (January 2007 – December 2009).

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One of the chief investigators on ARC Linkage project of $410,239 for 3 years joint with

Tony Scott, Michael Shields, John Creedy and Christine Duffield on “Economic Modelling of

the Nurses’ Labour Market in Australia” (July 2006 – July 2009).

Faculty seeding grant of $ 45,000 for 2 years joint with John Creedy, Peter Summers, Hielke

Buddelmeyer, Lixin Cai, and Penny Smith on “Behavioural Modelling of the Australian Tax

and Transfer System” (2004 – 2005).

Research Grant and appointment as a Visiting Research Fellow at The Treasury in New

Zealand for two one-week visits (2003).

$5,500 from the faculty funds of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University

of Melbourne for a project on the “duration and destination of casual jobs versus permanent

jobs” (2001).

Monash University Research Fund grant of $27,525 joint with Alan Powell to model

household labour supply and welfare participation (1999).

Extension of the above grant for a second year (2000).

Small ARC-grant of $19,849 joint with Jenny Chalmers to analyse the incidence of casual

jobs and the effect that being in casual work has on people’s career prospects (1999)

A research fellowship of $18,000, funded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for a research

project using the Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns (SEUP) data set (1998).

Publications:

Books

1. H. Buddelmeyer, Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2007), Tax Policy Design and Behavioural

Microsimulation Modelling. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

2. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2006), Labour Supply and Microsimulation: The Evaluation of

Tax Policy Reforms. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

3. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (eds.) (2006), Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty, Elsevier, JAI

press.

Refereed Papers in Journals

Forthcoming

1. Kalb, G. and van Ours, J.C. (forthcoming) Reading to young children: a head-start in

life?, forthcoming in Economics of Education Review (accepted in January 2014).

2. Hérault, N. and Kalb, G. (forthcoming) Intergenerational correlation of labour market

outcomes, forthcoming in Review of Economics of the Household DOI 10.1007/s11150-

013-9218-5 (accepted August 2013).

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Published

3. Hanel, B., Kalb, G. and Scott A. (2014) Nurses' labour supply elasticity: The

importance of accounting for extensive margins, Journal of Health Economics, 33, 94-

112.

4. Scott, A., Witt, J., Humphreys, J., Joyce, C., Kalb, G., Jeon, S.-H. and McGrail, M.

(2013) Getting doctors into the bush: General Practitioners' preferences for rural location,

Social Science & Medicine. 96, 33-44.

5. Cheng, T.C., A. Scott, S.-H. Jeon, G. Kalb, J. Humphreys and C. Joyce (2012) What

Factors Influence the Earnings of GPs and Medical Specialists in Australia? Evidence

from the MABEL Survey, Health Economics, 21(11), 1300-1317.

6. Buddelmeyer, H., Hérault, N., Kalb, G. and van Zijll de Jong, M. (2012) Linking a

Microsimulation Model to a Dynamic CGE Model: Climate Change Mitigation Policies

and Income Distribution in Australia, International Microsimulation Journal,5(2), 40-58.

7. McGrail, M., Humphreys, J., Scott, A., Joyce, C.M., Kalb, G. (2012), "How do rural

GPs' workload and work activities differ with community size compared with

metropolitan practice?", Australian Journal of Primary Health, 18(3), 228 - 233

(published electronically: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11063).

8. Humphreys, J., McGrail, M., Joyce, C.M., Scott, A., Kalb, G. (2012) "Who should

receive recruitment and retention incentives? Improved targeting of rural doctors using

medical workforce data", Australian Journal of Rural Health 20, 3-10.

9. Creedy, J., Hérault, N. and Kalb, G. (2011) Tax Policy Design and the Role of a Tax-

Free Threshold, Public Finance and Management 11(4), 338-364.

10. Kalb G. and Maani , S.A. (2011) The Importance of Observing Early School Leaving

and Usually Unobserved Background and Peer Characteristics in Analysing Academic

Performance, Australian Journal of Labour Economics 14(3), 307-332.

11. Yan W., Cheng T.C., Scott A., Joyce C., Humphreys J, Kalb G. and Leahy A. (2011)

“Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life” (MABEL), Australian

Economic Review, 44(1), 102-112.

12. McGrail, M., Humphreys, J., Scott, A., Joyce, C.M., Kalb, G. (2011) ‘Rural Amenity and

Medical Workforce Shortage: Is there a Relationship?’ Geographical Research, 49(2),

192–202.

13. Scott A., Jeon S.-H., Joyce C., Humphreys J., Kalb G., Witt J., Leahy A. (2011) Online,

paper or mixed? A randomised trial and economic evaluation of the effect of response

mode on response rate, response bias, and item non-response in a survey of doctors.

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11:126 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-

2288/11/126).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11063

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/126


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14. Jeon, S.-H., Kalb, G. and Vu, H. (2011) “The Dynamics of Welfare Participation among

Women Who Experienced Teenage Motherhood in Australia” Economic Record,

87(277), 235-251.

15. Creedy, J., Hérault, N. and Kalb, G. (2011) Comparing Welfare Change Measures with

Income Change Measures in Behavioural Policy Simulations, Journal of Applied

Economics, 14(1), 5-34.

16. Joyce C., Schurer S., Scott A., Humphreys J., Kalb G. (2011) Are doctors satisfied with

their work? Results from the MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors. Medical Journal

of Australia, 194(1), 30-33.

17. McGrail, M., Humphreys, J., Scott, A., Joyce, C.M., Kalb, G. (2010) “Professional

satisfaction and general practice: Does it vary by size of community?” Medical Journal

of Australia, 193(2), 94-96.

18. Joyce, C.M., Scott, A., Jeon, S.-H., Humphreys, J., Kalb, G., Witt, J. and Leahy, A.

(2010) The “Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)”

longitudinal survey – Protocol and baseline data for a prospective cohort study of

Australian doctors’ workforce participation, BMC Health Services Research, 2010 10:50.

(http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/50)

19. Kalb, G. and Thoresen, T. (2010) A comparison of family policy designs of Australia and

Norway using microsimulation models, Review of Economics of the Household, 8(2),

255-287.

20. Creedy, J., Hérault, N. and Kalb, G. (2009) Abolishing the Tax-Free Threshold in

Australia: Simulating Alternative Reforms, Fiscal Studies, 30(2), 219–246.

21. Kalb, G. (2009) Children, Labour Supply and Childcare: Challenges for Empirical

Analysis, Australian Economic Review, 42(3), 276-299.

22. Kalb, G. and Lee, W.-S. (2008) Childcare Use and Parents’ Labour Supply in Australia,

Australian Economic Papers, 47(3), 272-295.

23. Cai, L. and Kalb, G. (officially 2007, but appeared in 2008) “Health Status and Labour

Force Status of Older Working-Age Australian Men”, Australian Journal of Labour

Economics, 10(4), 227-252.

24. Cai, L., Kalb, G., Tseng, Y.-P. and Vu, H.H. (2008) “The Effect of Financial

Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence for Sole Parents from Microsimulation and

Quasi-Experimental Evaluation”, Fiscal Studies, 29(2), 285-325.

25. Kalb, G. and Lee, W.-S. (2007) “The Effect of an Alternative Childcare Subsidy on

Labour Supply: A Policy Simulation”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics 10(1),

39-57.

26. Maani, S. and Kalb, G. (2007) “Childhood Economic Resources, Academic

Performance, and the Choice to Leave School at Age Sixteen”, Economics of Education

Review 26(3), 361-374.


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27. Kalb, G. (2007) “Interaction of the Tax and Social Security Systems in Australia: The

Effect on Effective Marginal Tax Rates”, Australian Economic Review, 40(2), 186-193.

28. Creedy, J., Kalb, G., and Kew, H. (2007), “Confidence Intervals for Policy Reforms in

Behavioural Tax Microsimulation Modelling”, Bulletin of Economic Research, 59(1),

37-65.

29. Buddelmeyer, H., Freebairn J., and Kalb, G. (2006), “Evaluation of Policy Options to

Encourage Welfare to Work”, Australian Economic Review, 39(3), 273-292.

30. Creedy, J., Kalb, G. and Scutella, R. (2006) “Income Distribution in Discrete Hours

Behavioural Microsimulation Models: An Illustration”, The Journal of Economic

Inequality, 4(1), 57-76.

31. Cai, L. and Kalb, G. (2006), “Health Status and Labour Force Participation: Evidence

from Australia”, Health Economics, 15(3), 241-261.

32. Cai, L., Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2006), “Accounting for Population Ageing in Tax

Microsimulation Modelling by Survey Reweighting”, Australian Economic Papers,

45(1), 18-37.

33. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2005), “Behavioural Microsimulation Modelling for Tax

Policy Analysis in Australia: Experience and Prospects”, Australian Journal of

Labour Economics, 8(1), 73-110.

34. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2005), “Discrete Hours Labour Supply Modelling:

Specification, Estimation and Simulation”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 19(5), 697-

734.

35. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2005), “Measuring Welfare Changes in Labour Supply

Models”, Manchester School, 73(6), 664-685.

36. Doiron, D. and Kalb, G. (2005), “Demands for Childcare and Household Labour Supply

in Australia”, Economic Record, 81(254), 215-236.

37. Kalb, G., Kew, H. and Scutella, R. (2005), “Effects of the Australian New Tax System

on Income Tax and Benefits: With and Without Labour Supply Responses”. Australian

Economic Review, 38(2), 137-158.

38. Kalb, G., and Scutella, R. (2004), “Wage and Employment Rates in New Zealand from

1991 to 2001”. New Zealand Economic Papers, 38(1), 21-47.

39. Kalb, G. and Williams, J. (2003) “Delinquency and Gender”, Applied Economics Letters,

10(7), 425-429.

40. Creedy, J., Kalb, G. and Kew, H. (2003) “Flattening the Effective Marginal Tax Rate

Structure in Australia: Policy Simulations Using the Melbourne Institute Tax and

Transfer Simulator”, The Australian Economic Review, 36(2), 156-172.

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41. Chalmers, J. and Kalb, G. (2001) “Moving from unemployment to permanent

employment: Could a casual job accelerate the transition?”, Australian Economic

Review, vol.34 no. 4, 415-436.

42. C.S. Forbes, Kalb, G.R.J. and Kofman, P. (1999) “Bayesian Arbitrage Threshold

Analysis”, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, vol. 17, no. 3, 364-372.

43. Kalb, G.R.J., Kofman, P. and Vorst, A.C.F. (1996) “Mixtures of Tails in Clustered

Automobile Collision Claims”, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, vol. 18, no.2,

89-107.

44. Gorter, C. and Kalb, G.R.J. (1996) “Estimating the Effect of Counselling and Monitoring

the Unemployed Using a Job Search Model”, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 31,

no.3, 590-610.

45. Lie A Njoek, A.L., E.M. Berendsen, Kalb, G.R.J., Rijnsburger, P. and Zwinkels, W.S.

(1993) “Een alternatief voor terugdringing van arbeidsongeschiktheid”, (in English: An

alternative to halt the increase in the number of disabled workers), Economisch

Statistische Berichten, Vol.78, nr. 3893, 42-44.

Invited contributions to refereed journals

46. Kalb, G. (2010), “Important Considerations for Policies on Retirement Issues", Australian

Economic Review 43(3), 289–92.

47. Kalb, G. (2004) "Introduction: The Use of Simulation Models in Policy Analysis",

Australian Journal of Labour Economics 7(1), 1-12. [I was guest editor for this issue of

the journal]

48. Doiron, D. and Kalb, G. (2002) “Demand for Childcare Services and Labour Supply in

Australian Families”, The Australian Economic Review, 35(2), 204-213.

Refereed chapter in book

49. Creedy, J., Kalb, G. and Scutella, R. (2004) “Evaluating the Income Redistribution

Effects of Tax Reforms in Discrete Hours Models”, in Studies on Economic Well-Being:

Essays in Honor of John P. Formby, ed. by Y. Amiel and J.A. Bishop, included in the

series Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 12, 201-228.

50. Kalb, G. and Thoresen, T.O. (2009) “Behavioural Microsimulation: Labour Supply and

Childcare Use Responses in Australia and Norway” in New Frontiers in Microsimulation

Modelling, eds.: A. Harding, P.Williamson and A. Zaidi, 231-261. Surrey: Ashgate.

Refereed reports

51. Doiron, D. and Kalb, G. (2005) “Effects of Child Care Demands and Policies on

household Labour Supply in Australia”, Policy Research Paper no. 25, the

Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services. Publication in this

series is subject to an external refereeing process.

52. Kalb, G. (2003) “The Impact of Social Policy Initiatives on Labour Supply Incentives; A

Review of the Literature”, Policy Research Paper no. 18, the Commonwealth Department

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of Family and Community Services. Publication in this series is subject to an external

refereeing process.

Invited chapters in books

53. Kalb, G. (2010) “Modelling Labour Supply Responses in Australia and New Zealand”,

Chapter 8 in I. Claus, N. Gemmell, M. Harding, and D. White (eds.) Tax Reform in Open

Economies: International and Country Perspectives, 166-193, Cheltenham: Edward

Elgar.

54. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2005) “Behavioural microsimulation modelling with the

Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS): uses and extensions”. In

Productivity Commission, Quantitative Tools for Microeconomic Policy Analysis,

Conference Proceedings, 17-18 November 2004, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, 247-292,

Commonwealth of Australia.

55. Kalb, G.R.J., Overbeeke, W.J. and Verbrugh, H. (1992) “Beter aan de bak: Evaluatie van

een experiment met begeleiding en controle van werklozen”, (in English: Better

prospects: evaluation of an experiment with counselling and monitoring of the

unemployed), published in P.J. van Wijngaarden, F.G. van den Heuvel, J.C. Vrooman

(eds): Preventie in de sociale zekerheid (in English: Prevention in social security), 159-

169, ‘s-Gravenhage: VUGA Publishers.

Unrefereed publications

56. Kalb, G. (2000) “The Dynamics of Labour Market State and Welfare Receipt; An

Application Using the 1994-1997 Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns”,

Occasional Paper 6293.0.00.004, Australian Bureau of Statistics.

57. Buddelmeyer, H., Dawkins, P., Freebairn, J. and Kalb, G. (2004) “Bracket Creep,

Effective Marginal Tax Rates and Alternative Tax Packages”, Quarterly Bulletin of

Economic Trends, 1.04, 17-28, Mercer – Melbourne Institute.

58. Buddelmeyer, H., Dawkins, P., and Kalb, G. (2004) “The Melbourne Institute Report on

the 2004 Federal Budget”, Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends, 2.04, 19-23, Mercer –

Melbourne Institute.

59. Buddelmeyer, H., Freebairn, J. and Kalb, G. (2005) “The Melbourne Institute Analysis of

the 2005 Federal Budget”, Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends, 2.05, 19-21, Mercer –

Melbourne Institute.

60. Buddelmeyer, H. and Kalb, G. (2008) “The effect of minimum wage changes on labour

supply and income distribution”, in 2008 Minimum Wage Research Forum Proceedings,

vol. 2 (Research Report No. 4b/08), 211-233, Australian Fair Pay Commission,

Melbourne.

61. Wooden M, Buddelmeyer H, Jensen P, Kalb G, Lim G, Scott A, Scutella R, Webster E &

Wilkins R. 2010. The Road to Recovery: Restoring Prosperity After the Crisis. Insights:

Melbourne Economics and Commerce. 7 (April 2010) : 25-29.

Book review

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1. Kalb, G. (2011) Book review of Valuing Children; Rethinking the Economics of the

Family, Economic Record 87 (276), 172-173.

(Government) Reports 1. Kalb, G, Le, T. and Leung, F. (2011) Decomposing Differences in Labour Force Status

between Indigenous Australians and the General Population. Final Report for Australian

Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

2. Houng B., Jeon, S.-H. and Kalb, G. (2011) The Effects of Childcare and Preschool on

Child Development. Final Report for Australian Government Department of Education,

Employment and Workplace Relations. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of

Applied Economic and Social Research.

3. Hérault, N., Kalb, G., Mavromaras, K., Platt, L. and Zakirova, R. (2009) Dynamics of

household joblessness in Australia 2001- 2007. Final Report for Australian Government

Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Melbourne, Australia:

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

4. Black D., Kalb G. and Kostenko, W. (2009) Location Economics: Spatial Mobility and

Social Exclusion. Final Report for DEEWR. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute

of Applied Economic and Social Research.

5. Buddelmeyer, H., Hérault, N., Kalb, G. and van Zijll de Jong, M. (2008) Disaggregation

of CGE Results into Household Level Results through Micro-Macro Linkage: Analysing

Climate Change Mitigation Policies from 2005 to 2030, Melbourne Institute Report No.

9, University of Melbourne.

6. Black D., Kalb G. and Mcguinness S. (2008) Location Economics of Income Support

Recipients: A comparison to the general population. Final Report for DEEWR.


7. Jeon S.H., Kalb G. and Vu T.H.H. (2008) Teenage mothers’ income support, education

and paid work: The dynamics of welfare participation. Final Report for DEEWR.


8. Hérault, N. and Kalb G. (2008) Intergenerational correlation of labour market outcomes.

Final Report for Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and

Workplace Relations. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic

and Social Research.

9. Buddelmeyer, H. and Kalb, G. (2008) Simulating the effect of an increase in the federal

minimum wage: How useful is MITTS? Report commissioned by the Australian Fair Pay

Commission.

10. Kalb, G., Wilkins, R. and Wooden, M. (2005), “Synthesis of Melbourne Institute

Research 2000-2005”, Final Report for DEEWR. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne

Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

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11. Harris, M. and Kalb, G. (2005), “Movement between Benefit Types”, Melbourne

Institute report No. 5, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research,

University of Melbourne.

12. Cai, L., Kalb, G., Tseng, Y.-P. and Vu, H. (2004), “Financial Incentives for Mothers to

Enter Paid Work: The Current Tax and Transfer System”, report for the Department of

Family and Community Services.

13. Buddelmeyer, H., Dawkins, P., Duncan, A., Kalb, G. and Scutella, R. (2004) “An

Analysis of The Australian Labor Party’s Tax and Family Benefits Package: Using the

Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS)”, Report to the Australian

Labor Party, September 2004.

14. Kalb, G., Cai, L. and H. Vu (2004) “Updating the Input for the Melbourne Institute Tax

and Transfer Simulator”, report for the Department of Family and Community Services.

15. Kalb, G. and Kew, H. (2004) “Extension of the behavioural component of MITTS with

predicted confidence intervals and household level output”, report for the Department of

Family and Community Services.

16. Scutella, R. and Kalb, G. (2004) “Simulated values in the Melbourne Institute Tax

Transfer Simulator (MITTS) versus actual values”, report for the Department of Family

and Community Services.

17. Frijters, P. and Kalb, G. (2003) “Structural analyses of duration dependence and

persistence in job-offer arrival rates and wages”, report for the Commonwealth

Department of Family and Community Services.

18. Kalb, G. (2002) “Estimation of Alternative Labour Supply Model Specifications for the

Australian Population”, report for the Commonwealth Department of Family and

Community Services.

19. Kalb, G., Kew, H. and Scutella, R. (2002) “Effects of the new tax system: A policy

simulation using the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator”, report for the

Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services.

20. M. Harris and Kalb, G. (2002) “Movement between Benefit Types”, report for the

Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services.

21. Kalb, G. (1998) “Do welfare benefits influence labour market behaviour? An

international literature review”, report presented to the Department of Family and

Community Services as part of the Social Policy Research Centre’s commissioned

research program.

22. Gorter, C. and Kalb, G.R.J. (1993) “Weldra weer aan het werk? De rol van begeleiding

en controle by sollicitatiegedrag en herintreding” (in English: The impact of counselling

and monitoring on application intensity and re-employment probability), GAK report nr.

98.

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23. Besseling, J.J.M., Kalb, G.R.J., Aan de Kerk, Th., Van der Kolk, W., Reeuwijk, P.M.C.

and Verbrugh, H. (1993) “PES-2: Van opzet tot uitwerking; de inhoudelijke uitwerking

van het onderzoek naar de positie van cliënten in de NWW”, (in English: A review of

research proposals to the status of unemployed in the new Unemployment Act), FBV

discussion paper nr. R 93-02.

24. Poelstra, P.A.M., Brandes, M., Kalb, G.R.J., Muller, B., and Overbeeke, W.J. (1992)

“Werkt het scholingsbeleid? Evaluatie van het scholingsbeleid”, (in English: Is retraining

policy effective? An evaluation), FBV discussion paper nr. R 92-01.

25. Kalb, G.R.J., Kooij, P.J.M. and Overbeeke, W.J. (1991) ”Riant aan de kant: een analyse

van de invloed van uitkeringsvoorwaarden op werkloosheidsduur”, (in English: An

analysis of the impact of unemployment benefit conditions on unemployment duration),

GAK report nr. 84.

26. Overbeeke, W.J. and Kalb, G.R.J. (1991) ”Sneller aan de slag: een analyse van de

effecten van begeleiding en controle van werklozen na één jaar”, (in English: Quicker

reintegration into employment: an analysis of the effects of counselling and monitoring

of the unemployed one year after the start of the experiment), GAK report nr.83.

27. Kalb, G.R.J., Overbeeke, W.J. and Verbrugh, H. (1990) “Beter aan de bak: een analyse

van effecten van begeleiding en controle van werklozen”, (in English: Better prospects:

analysis of the impact of counselling and monitoring of the unemployed), GAK report

nr.80.

Papers presented at Conferences:

1. Kalb, G. (2013) Modelling Physician Labour Supply: Comparing a Discrete Choice

Structural Approach to a Reduced Form Approach, Physician Payment session, 9th

World Congress on Health Economics, Sydney (Australian Health Economics

Association, and Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation).

2. Kalb, G. (2013) Nurses' labour supply elasticities: the importance of accounting for

extensive Margins, Session 6, Economics of the Health Workforce Conference,

Australian National Maritime Museum, 6 - 7 July 2013, Sydney.

3. Kalb, G. (2013) Reading to young children: a head-start in life? European Society of

Population Economics conference, 12-15 June 2013, Aarhus University, Denmark.

4. Kalb, G. (2012) Reading to young children: a head-start in life, Labour Econometrics

Workshop, August 2012, University of Wollongong.

5. Kalb, G. (2012) The effects of childcare on child development, Social Policy Research

Services Seminar, 9-10 December 2012, DEEWR, Canberra.

6. Kalb, G. (2011) Synthesis of Melbourne Institute SPRS projects 2005-09; Highlights

from Research Outcomes, Social Policy Research Services Seminar 2011, DEEWR,

Canberra.

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7. Kalb, G. (2011) Dynamics of household joblessness: Evidence from Australian micro-

data 2001-2007, Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Adelaide, July 2011

(joint work with Nicolas Hérault and Rezida Zakirova).

8. Kalb, G. (2010) Successful and unsuccessful pathways to employment – Key points,

SPRS 2010 Workshop, DEEWR, Canberra, 11 November 2010.

9. Kalb, G. (2010) Melbourne Institute Update on Work in Progress, SPRS 2010

Workshop, DEEWR, Canberra, 11 November 2010.

10. Kalb, G. (2009) Melbourne Institute Update on Work in Progress, “Social Inclusion

and Disadvantage” SPRS Workshop, DEEWR, Canberra, 11-12 November 2009.

11. Kalb, G. (2009) Dynamics of household joblessness in Australia 2001-2007, “Social

Inclusion and Disadvantage” SPRS Workshop, DEEWR, Canberra, 11-12 November

2009 (joint work with Nicolas Hérault, Kostas Mavromaras, Lucinda Platt and Rezida

Zakirova)

12. Kalb, G. (2009) Intergenerational Correlation of Labour Market Outcomes,

presentation at European Society for Population Economics Annual Congress in

Seville, Spain, June 10-13 (joint work with N. Hérault).

13. Kalb, G. (2009) Modelling labour supply responses in Australia and New Zealand,

invited presentation at the New Zealand Tax Reform – Where To Next? Conference,

Wellington, 11-13 February.

14. Kalb, G. (2008) The effect of minimum wage changes on labour supply and income

distribution, paper presented at the Minimum Wage Research Forum, Australian Fair

Pay Commission, Melbourne, 30-31 October (joint work with H. Buddelmeyer).

15. Kalb, G. (2008) Location Economics of Income Support Recipients and Location

Economics: Spatial Mobility and Social Exclusion, Labour Market Dynamics SPRS

Workshop, DEEWR, Canberra, 28-29 October 2008 (joint work with David Black,

Weiping Kostenko and Seamus McGuinness).

16. Kalb, G. (2008) Pre-school and early school, Labour Market Dynamics SPRS

Workshop, Guest Forum on Human Capital: Key stages in the relationship between

Education and Labour Economics, DEEWR, Canberra, 28-29 October 2008.

17. Kalb, G. (2008) The Case for Labour Supply Incentives: A Comparison of Family

Policies in Australia and Norway, Congress of the European Economic Association,

Milan, Italy, 27-31 August (joint work with T.O. Thoresen).

18. Kalb, G. (2008) The effect of childcare cost on labour supply and the cost to

Government. Invited presentation prepared for the Child Care Market Seminar

organised by DEEWR on 30 July 2008.

19. Kalb, G. (2008) The dynamics of welfare participation among women who

experienced teenage motherhood. Econometric Society Australasian Meeting,

Wellington (New Zealand), 9-11 July (joint work with Jeon, S.-H. and Vu, H.).

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20. Kalb, G. (2008) Encouraging Labour Supply at Different Stages of the Life Cycle.

Session 8B “Boosting Labour Supply” in the Economic and Social Outlook 2008

Conference, organised by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social

Research and the Australian, University of Melbourne, 27-28 March.

21. Kalb, G. (2007) Childcare Funding Models, invited presentation to the National

Association of Community Based Children’s Services 25th

Anniversary National

Conference, 16 November, Caulfield Racecourse, Melbourne.

22. Kalb, G. (2007) Location Economics of Income Support Recipients, Labour Market

Dynamics SPRS Workshop, Changing Nature of work and welfare, 20-21 September

2007 (joint work with David Black and Seamus McGuinness).

23. Kalb, G. (2007) Discussion leader in Treasury’s Discussion Forum on Modelling the

Demand-side and Adjustment Paths, Labour Market Dynamics SPRS Workshop,

Changing Nature of work and welfare, 20-21 September 2007.

24. Kalb, G. (2007) The Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS): a

Behavioural Microsimulation Model, Technical workshop at the First General

Conference of the International Microsimulation Association, Vienna, Austria, 20-22

August 2007 (joint work with H. Buddelmeyer and J. Creedy).

25. Kalb, G. (2007) The Case for Labour Supply Incentives: A Comparison of Family

Policies in Australia and Norway, First General Conference of the International

Microsimulation Association, Vienna, Austria, 20-22 August 2007 (joint work with

T.O. Thoresen).

26. Kalb, G. (2007) The Importance of Observing Early School Leaving and Usually

Unobserved Background and Peer Characteristics in Analysing Academic

Performance. Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Brisbane, 3-6 July (joint

work with Maani, S.).

27. Thoresen, T.O. and Kalb, G. (2007) Targeting Family Payments and Subsidising Non-

parental Care: Labour Supply Effects of Australian and Norwegian Family Policies,

paper presented at the Australian Labour Market Research Workshop, 8-9 February,

University of Melbourne.

28. Kalb, G. (2006) Children, Labour Supply and Childcare: What do we know? Invited

paper at the Social Policy Research Workshop at the Department of Families,

Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, November 27-28.

29. Kalb, G. (2006) Children, Labour Supply and Childcare: What do we know? Invited

paper presented at the Work, Welfare and Family session in the Economic and Social

Outlook 2006 Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, November 2-3.

30. Kalb, G. (2006) Evaluation of Policy Options to Encourage Welfare to Work.

Australian Conference of Economists, Curtin University, Perth, September 25-27

(joint work with Buddelmeyer, H. and Freebairn, J.).

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31. Kalb, G. (2006) Labour Supply and Welfare Participation in the Australian

Population: Using Observed Job Search to Account for Involuntary Unemployment.

Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Alice Springs, 4-7 July (joint work with

Buddelmeyer, H.).

32. Buddelmeyer, H. Freebairn, J. and Kalb, G. (2006) Evaluation of Policy Options to

Encourage Welfare to Work. Invited Lecture at The 8th Nordic Seminar on

Microsimulation Models, organised by Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway, June 8-9.

33. Cai, L., Kalb, G., Tseng, Y.-P. and Vu, H.H. (2005) The Effect of Financial Incentives on

Labour Supply: Evidence for Sole Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-

Experimental Evaluation. Presented at the Australian Labour Market Research

Workshop, 5-6 December, Australian National University.

34. Kalb, G. (2005) Work Incentives and Labour Supply. Presentation at the Social Policy

Research Workshop 2005, Department of Family and Community Services, Canberra,

28-29 November.

35. Kalb, G. and Buddelmeyer, H. (2005) Labour Supply and Welfare Participation in the

Australian Population: Using Observed Job Search to Account for Involuntary

Unemployment. Invited presentation at a one-day workshop on 17 November by the

Centre for Microeconometrics, University of Melbourne.

36. Cai, L., Kalb, G., Tseng, Y.-P. and Vu, H.H. (2005) The Effect of Financial Incentives

on Labour Supply: Evidence for Sole Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-

Experimental Evaluation. In conference proceedings of the Australian Conference for

Economists, 26-28 September, University of Melbourne.

37. Cai, L. and Kalb, G. (2005) Health Status and Labour Force Status of Older Working-

Age Australian Men. In conference proceedings of the Australian Conference for

Economists, 26-28 September, University of Melbourne (presented by Cai).

38. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2005) Evaluating Policy Reforms in Behaviour Tax

Microsimulation Models. In conference proceedings of the Australian Conference for

Economists, 26-28 September, University of Melbourne (presented by Creedy).

39. Kalb, G. (2005) “The Effect of Financial Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence for Sole

Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental Evaluation” presented at the XIX

Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics at the Cité

Universitaire organised by Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 16-18 June (paper with

L. Cai, Y.-P. Tseng and H.H. Vu)

40. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2004) “Behavioural Microsimulation Modelling With the

Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS): Uses and Extensions”, a

presentation at the Productivity Commission Conference, Quantitative Tools for

Microeconomic Policy Analysis, 17-18 November, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra.

41. Cai, L., Kalb, G., Tseng, Y.-P. and Vu, H. (2004) “Financial Incentives for Mothers to

Enter Paid Work: The Current Tax and Transfer System”, presentation at the Social

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Policy Research Workshop 2004, Department of Family and Community Services,

Canberra, 8-9 November.

42. Kalb, G. (2004) ‘Discussant for the paper, “The Impact of Unobserved Own and Peers’

Ability on College Grades”, by P. Arcidiacono, J. Foster, N. Goodpaster, and J. Kinsler’.

Labour Econometrics Workshop, Auckland University, 13-14 August.

43. Kalb, G. and Scutella, R. (2004) “Labour supply in New Zealand, 1991 - 2001”,

presented at the Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, 7-9 July, Monash

University, Melbourne.

44. Kalb, G. (2003) "Effects of Childcare Demands and Policies on Household Labour

Supply in Australia", Social Policy Research Workshop 2003, Department of Family and

Community Services, 24-25 November.

45. Creedy, J., Kalb, G., Scutella, R. (2003) “Evaluating the Income Redistribution Effects of

Tax Reforms in Discrete Hours Models”, presented at the Econometric Society

Australasian Meeting, 9-11 July, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

46. Kalb, G. (2003) “How can social policy improve economic participation?”, Invited

Presentation at FaCS/DEWR Technical Workshop on Labour Market Change,

Participation, and the Structure of Income Support, 5 June, Canberra.

47. Kalb, G. (2002) “Developing labour supply models as input for the Melbourne Institute

Tax and Transfer Simulator”, Social Policy Research Workshop 2002, Department of

Family and Community Services, 13-14 November.

48. Creedy, J. and Kalb, G. (2002) “Measuring Welfare Changes With Nonlinear Budget

Constraints in Continuous and Discrete Hours Labour Supply Models” at the European

Association of Labour Economists conference 19-22 September, La Sorbonne,

Université Paris I, Paris.

49. Doiron, D. and Kalb, G. (2002) “Childcare costs and labour supply in Australian

families” at the Labour Econometrics Workshop August 9-10, Australian National

University, Canberra.

50. Frijters, P. and Kalb, G. (2002) “Structural Analysis of Changes in Job Offer Arrival

Rates and Wage Offers” at the Labour Econometrics Workshop August 9-10, Australian

National University, Canberra.

51. Doiron, D. and Kalb, G. (2002) “Childcare costs and labour supply in Australian

families”, presented at the Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, 7-10 July,

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

52. Kalb, G. and Maani, S. (2002) “Academic performance and school leaving choices at age

sixteen”, presented at the Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, 7-10 July,

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

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53. Kalb, G. and Scutella, R. (2002) “Estimation of wage equations in Australia”, presented

at the Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, 7-10 July, Queensland University of

Technology, Brisbane.

54. Kalb, G. (2001) “Demonstration of the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator

(MITTS): changing the free area for sole parent earnings”, Social Policy Research

Services Workshop, Department of Family and Community Services, 12 December.

55. Kalb, G., “The Impact of Social Policy Initiatives on Labour Supply Incentives; A

Review of the Literature” presented at the Unemployment Conference 16-17 August

2001, Melbourne University.

56. Kalb, G. (2001) Discussant of “The Impact of the Mutual Obligation Initiative on Income

Support Recidivism” by Linda Richardson (ANU) at the Labour Econometrics

Workshop August 10-11, University of New South Wales.

57. Kalb, G. and Williams, J. (2001) “From Juvenile to Adult Offender: An Investigation

into the Determinants of Juvenile Arrests and the Relationship between Juvenile and

Adult Arrests”, presented at the Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, 6-8 July

University of Auckland.

58. Kalb, G. (2000) “Labour Supply and Welfare Participation in Australian Two-adult

Households: Accounting for involuntary unemployment and the ‘cost’ of part-time

work”, Australian Labour Market Research Workshop, University of Sydney, December.

59. Chalmers, J. and Kalb, G. (2000) “Are casual jobs a freeway to permanent employment?

Comparing the direct route from unemployment to permanent work with the route via

casual work”, Panel Data and Policy Conference, Department of Family and Community

Services, Canberra, May.

60. Kalb, G. (2000) “Labour supply and welfare participation in Australian two-adult

households; Comparing 1986/1987 with 1994/1995”, Third Labour Econometric

Workshop, University of Tasmania, Hobart, April.

61. Chalmers, J., Kalb, G.R.J. and Norris, K. (1999) “How does casual employment affect

career advancement in the 1990s?”, 1999 Australian Labour Market Research

Conference, Australian National University, November.

62. Kalb, G.R.J. (1999) “The dynamics of unemployment and employment in Australia. A

study using the ABS Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns 1994-1997”,

Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, University of Technology Sydney, July.

63. Kalb, G.R.J. (1999) “The dynamics of unemployment and employment in Australia. A

study using the ABS Survey of Employment and Unemployment Patterns 1994-1997”,

Applied Econometrics Association LXVIe international conference: Employment,

Inequalities and Social Policies, Université de Pau, May.

64. Kalb, G.R.J. (1998) “An Australian model for labour supply and welfare participation in

two-adult households”, Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Australian National

University, July.

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two-adult households”, Labour Econometrics Workshop, Australian National University,

April

66. Kalb, G.R.J. (1997) “The effect of unemployment benefits on labour supply”,

Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Melbourne University, Melbourne, July.

67. Kalb, G.R.J. (1996) “Using the EM algorithm with complete, but scrambled, data”,

Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, July.

68. Kalb, G.R.J. (1995) “Using the EM algorithm with complete, but scrambled, data”, Ph.D.

conference, Perth, November.

69. Kalb, G.R.J., Kofman, P. and Vorst, T.C.F. (1995) “Mixtures of tails in automobile

collision claims”, 7th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Keio University,

Tokyo, August.


the Unemployed on their Job Finding Rate, Application Intensity and Matching

Probability”, Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Armidale, July.

Papers presented at seminars:

1. Kalb, G. (2013) Nurses' labour supply elasticities: the importance of accounting for

extensive Margins, Oslo Fiscal Studies Seminar at Statistics Norway, 5 September

2013, Oslo, Norway.

2. Kalb, G. (2013) Reading to young children: a head-start in life, presentation at the

Thought Leadership Forum organised by the Victorian Department of Education and

Early Childhood Development, at Treasury Theatre, Lower Plaza, 1 Macarthur Street,

East Melbourne, 25 March 2013.

3. Kalb G. (2012) How did we get by without PPL? Presentation at the September Public

Economic Forum Universal Paid Parental Leave in Australia: first impressions.

4. Kalb, G. (2012) Reading to young children: a head-start in life, presentation at the

Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, 19 April 2012.

5. Kalb, G. (2012) Decomposing Differences in Labour Force Status between Indigenous

and Non-Indigenous Australians, presentation at the Department of Education,

Employment and Workplace Relations, 13 June 2012.

6. Kalb, G. (2012) Reading to young children: a head-start in life, presentation at

Brownbag Workshop at the Melbourne Institute, 7 August 2012.

7. Kalb, G. (2012) Reading to young children: a head-start in life, presentation at weekly

Research Seminar at the University of Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany, 24 October

2012.

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8. Kalb, G. (2011) Simulating the Effects of Tax Reforms on Government Expenditure,

Labour Supply and Income Distribution: some examples, Treasury Academic

Linkages Seminar, Wellington, 1 November 2011.

9. Kalb, G. (2011) Dynamics of household joblessness: Evidence from Australian micro-

data 2001-2007, seminar at IAB (Institute for Employment Research) in Nuernberg,

Germany, 14 April 2011.

10. Kalb, G. (2011) Modelling physician labour supply, seminar at the IZA (Institute for

the Study of Labor) in Bonn, Germany, 12 April 2011.

11. Kalb, G. (2011) Modelling physician labour supply, labour and health economics

seminar at Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 29 March 2011.

12. Kalb, G. (2009) The dynamics of welfare participation among women who

experienced teenage motherhood. Seminar at Macquarie University, 18 September

(joint work with Jeon, S.-H. and Vu, H.).

13. Kalb, G. (2009) Location Economics: Spatial Mobility and Social Exclusion,

Workshop at DEEWR, Canberra, 6 May (joint work with David Black and Weiping

Kostenko).

14. Kalb, G. (2008) Labour Supply Now and in the Future: Encouraging Labour Supply at

different Stages of the Life Cycle, presentation at Melbourne Institute Public

Economics Forum, Quarterly Luncheon 2’08 by the Melbourne Institute of Applied

Economic and Social Research, Hyatt Hotel Canberra, 12.00-1.45 on 24 June 2008.

15. Kalb, G. (2008) Labour Supply Now and in the Future: Encouraging Labour Supply at

different Stages of the Life Cycle, presentation at Melbourne Institute Economics

Forum, Quarterly Luncheon 2’08 by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and

Social Research, Hyatt Hotel Canberra, 12.30-2.00 on 1 July 2008.

16. Kalb, G. (2007) Location Economics of Income Support Recipients, Seminar at the

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, 7 December 2007 (joint work

with David Black and Seamus McGuinness).

17. Kalb, G. (2007) "The Importance of Individual and Environment Characteristics in

Analysing Students' Year 10 Academic Achievement". Seminar at the Department of

Economics and Finance, Macquarie University, Sydney, 8 June (joint work with S.

Maani).

18. Kalb, G. (2006) Childcare Demand and Household Labour Supply in Australia:

Update and simulation. Seminar at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian

National University, Canberra, 20 October (joint work with Lee, W.-S.).



Seminar at the Department of Economics and the Centre of Policy Studies, Monash

University, 4 October (joint work with Buddelmeyer, H.).

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Seminar at Statistics Norway, 6 June (joint work with Buddelmeyer, H.).

21. Kalb, G. (2006) Evaluation of Policy Options to Encourage Welfare to Work. Seminar

at the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Deakin University, Burwood

Campus, 26 April (joint work with Buddelmeyer, H. and Freebairn, J.).

22. Kalb, G. (2006) Evaluation of Policy Options to Encourage Welfare to Work. Seminar

at the Department of Economics and the Department of Econometrics, Monash

University, Caulfield campus, 28 April (joint work with Buddelmeyer, H. and

Freebairn, J.).

23. Kalb, G. (2005) “Health Status and Labour Force Status of Older Working-Age

Australian Men”, presented at the workshop economics at Tilburg University on 22

June (paper with L. Cai).

24. Kalb, G. (2005) “The Effect of Financial Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence for

Sole Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental Evaluation” presented at

a seminar for the labor group at Tilburg University on 14 June (paper with L. Cai, Y.-

P. Tseng and H.H. Vu).

25. Dawkins, P. and Kalb, G. (2005) “Behavioural Microsimulation Modelling Using the

Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS)”, Workshop on behavioural

microsimulation and the MITTS model at Treasury, 15 February 2005.

26. Kalb, G. (2004) “Behavioural Microsimulation: The project and its progress”, A

presentation to New Zealand Treasury, 16 August.


Microeconometrics Workshops, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne, 21

April.

28. Kalb, G. (2003) “Using MITTS”, a presentation on the Melbourne Institute Tax and

Transfer Simulator to the Department of Family and Community Services, Canberra,

August.


Treasury New Zealand, Wellington, July.

30. Doiron, D. and Kalb, G. (2003) “Effects of Childcare Demands and Policies on

Household Labour Supply in Australia”, Treasury New Zealand, Wellington, July.

31. Kalb, G. and Scutella, R. (2003) “Wage rates in New Zealand from 1991 to 2001”,

Treasury New Zealand, Wellington, February.


Households: Accounting for involuntary unemployment and the ‘cost’ of part-time

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work”, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University,

September.

33. Chalmers, J. and Kalb, G. (2000) “Are casual jobs a freeway to permanent employment?

Comparing the direct route from unemployment to permanent work with the route via

casual work”, seminar at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social

Research, University of Melbourne, July.

34. Kalb, G. (1999) “Labour supply and welfare participation in Australian two-adult

households; Comparing 1986/1987 with 1994/1995”, School of Finance and Economics,

University of Technology, Sydney, November.

35. Chalmers, J., Kalb, G. and Norris, K. (1999) “How does casual employment affect career

advancement in the 1990s?”, Department of Economics, University of Newcastle,

October.

36. Kalb, G. and Williams, J. (1999) “Forgotten Offenders: Women and Crime. Using the

EM algorithm to overcome the incomplete information for women in the 1958

Philadelphia Birth Cohort”, Department of Economics, University of Adelaide,

September.


Households”, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, July.

38. Kalb, G.R.J. (1999) “Labour Supply and Welfare Participation in Australian Two-adult

Households”, Australian Graduate Management School, University of New South Wales,

March.


two-adult households”, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales,

April.


two-adult households”, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, November.


Department of Econometrics, Monash University, May.


Department of Econometrics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, December.


Department of Econometrics, University of Groningen, December.



Probability”, School of Business, Bond University, February.

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Probability”, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University, May.

Consultancy contracts: Contracts on which I am named as the principal investigator/project leader:

1. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (2013-2014) $800,000

(over 2 years): Social Policy Research Services contract.

2. Edgar Dunn and Company (2010-2011) $181,170: Development of a Household

Expenditure Index for a group of banks/credit unions. Subsequently, upon completion of

the index a contract for quarterly updates of the Index was put in place for $50,000 per

annum.

3. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (2010-2012)

$2.1million (over 3 years): Social Policy Research Services contract.

4. Australian Fair Pay Commission (2008) $15,400: Exploring how MITTS can be used to

analyse the effect of minimum wage changes.

5. The Australian (2008) $13,530: MITTS analysis for an article in the Australian.

6. Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria) (2007) $114,730: Distributional

Modelling for the Climate Change Review. [Due to delays in the delivery of inputs into

our component of the project, our analyses could not be included in the Final Report of

the Garnaut Review. Instead, we published the results as Melbourne Institute Report no.

9 and a briefer version was submitted to a refereed journal]

7. Australian Labor Party (2007) $42,825 Analysis of proposed changes to childcare

subsidies

8. Taskforce on Care Costs (TOCC) (2005) $31,460: Advice on an extension of childcare

subsidies and a simulation of labour supply effects and cost of the proposed extension.

9. Commonwealth Treasury (2005- now) A series of contracts to provide support to the

Participation Modelling Project in Treasury, who use the Melbourne Institute Tax and

Transfer Simulator. A total of $135,576 has been paid to the Melbourne Institute over

this time.

10. Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2005)

$115,900: The demand for childcare services in 2000.

11. New Zealand Treasury (2003-2004) $242,264: Construction of a behavioural

microsimulation model for New Zealand to enable tax and social security policy analysis.

12. New Zealand Treasury (2002-2003) $49,280: Estimation of wage and labour supply

models for New Zealand

Contracts on which I was a named investigator:

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13. Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2010-

2014): Evaluation of the Paid Parental Leave Scheme, Melbourne Institute component of

funding: $190,950.

14. Department of Education, and Early Childhood Development (2011-2015): contract for

research and teaching for the Department at an annual value of $1million.

15. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (2008-2012): Be on a

panel of researchers that receive requests for tender from the department.

16. National Centre for Vocational Education Research (2008-2010) $880,000 distributed

over 3 years to do about 9 projects.

17. Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2008-

2012): Be on a panel of researchers that receive requests for tender from the department.

18. Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

(transferred to Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations before

the start of the contract) (2005-2009) $3.3 million distributed over 5 years: Social Policy

Research Contract to do a number of projects for a fixed amount of funding each year.

19. Australian Labor Party (2004) $21,900: Analysis of the election tax and social security

policies. Leader of the academic research that was carried out under this contract.

20. The Australian (2003) $30,000: Too Much Tax series.

21. Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2002)

$54,600: Confidential consultancy.

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